By Rod NicholsI grew up in a church where I always got the impression that good works got you to heaven. In my mind I could see a big scale in heaven and God would put my good works on one side and al...  Read More

The End of MeBy Rod NicholsIt seems that the thing to do is to tell people, especially children, that they can do or be anything they dream, if they will just go after it and not quit. While there may...  Read More

What is church anyway? What is the big deal? Why should anyone care?Is it an organization? A Sunday event that people attend if it’s not too boring? Maybe it’s a place where the self-righteous and jud...  Read More

OWNING THE MISSIONHere at AZV we embrace as one of our Permeating Values the biblical mandate to make disciples of all nations. We choose, however, to express this a bit different when we say, “Owning...  Read More

Yes, no, and maybe. Wow, that was definitive! The truth is those are the correct answers. According to what the Bible teaches, one day soon, the world as we know it will end. When that will happen, no...  Read More

What if the church was truly doing its job in our communities? What if, instead of putting on our church masks each Sunday and acting like life is perfect, we were honest with each other? What if we w...  Read More

"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" is something that is taught quite often in the church and it is always quoted as Proverbs 23:7. This was a scripture I heard regularly, in the self-help indu...  Read More